I wanted to know after couple of month what I have installed on my computer with linux. Just in case I have to reinstall my linux I want to know what tools and applications I have installed earlier. It is quite easy to list them for future references actually for brand new installations.
I have found the following link in that issue:
http://superuser.com/questions/48374/find-all-user-installed-packages
But its worth to save it on my blog and publish it for my own purpose ;-)
1. ‘/var/log/installer/initial-status.gz‘ — your primary installation this file date would be your installation date (i think)
2. ‘/var/log/dpkg.log‘ — update timeline (this is what you want)
3. ‘/var/log/apt/term.log‘ — things apt updated on your system
4. ‘/var/cache/apt/archives/‘ — will contain the deb packages downloaded for installation
To get the list of manually installed packages:
akos@getaway ~ $ grep -w install /var/log/dpkg.log* |
To get much better info:
akos@getaway ~ $ comm -13 \
<(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort) \
<(comm -23 \
<(dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\n' | sed 1d | sort) \
<(apt-mark showauto | sort) \
)
|
An example what I had in october:
akos@getaway ~ $ comm -13 \
> <(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort) \
> <(comm -23 \
> <(dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\n' | sed 1d | sort) \
> <(apt-mark showauto | sort) \
> )
af9015-dkms
amaya
bluefish
calibre
dvb-apps
gnome-commander
gnome-rdp
hal
hal-info
handbrake-gtk
inkscape
kompozer
libhal-storage1
libssl0.9.8
libwebcam0
mkvtoolnix
mkvtoolnix-gui
mythtv
nvidia-current
screenlets
seamonkey
skype
sun-java6-jdk
usb-imagewriter
v4l-utils
virtualbox-4.1
wgdd-archive-keyring
w-scan
|
and what I had in november:
trinity@getawayfromhere ~ $ comm -13 \
> <(gzip -dc /var/log/installer/initial-status.gz | sed -n 's/^Package: //p' | sort) \
> <(comm -23 \
> <(dpkg-query -W -f='${Package}\n' | sed 1d | sort) \
> <(apt-mark showauto | sort) \
> )
bluefish
calibre
cheese
dvb-apps
gnome-commander
gnome-rdp
hping3
inkscape
kompozer
nmap
nvidia-current
regionset
skype
virtualbox
w-scan
|
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Posted on November 1, 2012
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